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By following the link on this page to the online form and completing the simple one-off registration.

By fax (01704) 396028

By contacting one of the local Pharmacies for a collect and deliver service

A more secure way to request your repeat prescriptions is online using EMIS Access. Please ask at reception to register for this.

Your prescription will be ready for collection 48 hours later. Always order your prescription in good time, please do not wait until your medication has run out. Some chemists will collect your prescription from the surgery for you, this can be done by contacting them directly and setting up an ordering service.

Repeat prescriptions cannot be ordered over the telephone, the only exception to this ruling are the elderly or the housebound.

Prescriptions Charges and Exemptions

The NHS prescription charge is a flat-rate amount which successive Governments have thought it reasonable to charge for those who can afford to pay for their medicines. Prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) offer real savings for people who need extensive medication.

NHS charges

These charges apply in England only. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales prescriptions are free of charge.

Prescription (per item): £8.05 (£16.10 per pair of elastic hosiery).

12-month prepayment certificate (PPC): £104.00

3-month PPC: £29.10

If you will have to pay for four or more prescription items in three months, or more than 14 items in 12 months, you may find it cheaper to buy a PPC.

There is further information about prescription exemptions and fees on the NHS website

Please allow 48 hours, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays, for your request to be processed. If you have any problems please telephone the surgery.

YOUR PRESCRIPTION WILL REMAIN AT THE SURGERY UNLESS YOU CONTACT A PHARMACY AND ASK THEM TO COLLECT IT ON YOUR BEHALF.

Electronic Prescription Service

If you would like to take advantage of this service and haven’t yet completed a nomination form, you should ask your preferred pharmacy to set your nomination. You don’t need a computer to do this.

This will not affect the way that you order / request prescriptions.

Benefits for you

If you get a repeat prescription, you will not have to spend your time going toyour GP practice each time to pick up your paper prescription. Instead your GPwill send it automatically to the place you choose, with less chance of itgetting lost.

Nearly all pharmacies will be connected to the service, so you will be able to getyour medicines from any pharmacy you choose – whether it’s near home, work orthe shops.

You may not have to wait as long for your prescription items, as often there willbe time to get your repeat prescription items ready before you arrive. If anyof the medicines on your prescription are out of stock when the pharmacistreceives your prescription, they can be ordered in ready for you.

What happens if I do not wish to use the service?

Nothing- you will continue to get paper prescriptions as you do now.

More information

A full list of pharmacies who are offering electronic prescriptions is listed on NHS Choices Website. You will see ‘Electronic PrescriptionService Available here’ next to the name of thepharmacy listed.